Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors

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Intels Tukwila chip contains more than 2 billion transistors - twice the number from two years ago.
Intel´s Tukwila chip contains more than 2 billion transistors - twice the number from two years ago.

Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone in chip density technology.


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